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Tried Mendota this morning for perch and bluegill. Beautiful day. Marked lots of fish from the weedline out to 28 feet, but couldn't get a bite. Four other boats around me but I didn't see them catch...

I remember reading this post and thinking, "Will this drastically change the fish populations in Lake Mendota?" Has there been any follow-up to this September 2009 discovery by Professor Vander...

Fished Brearly Bar today: leeches in 15 FOW; on a weed edge; caught a monster cat (for me anyways) of 26 inches; also caught a 15 inch cat and a 12 inch walleye and a 10 inch smallie; all catch and...

Haven't had much luck finding the perch on Mendota or Monona. Went out several times this week. Is anyone having any luck?

At Gene's suggestion, I scouted Warner Bay for bluegills on Monday. I slowly cruised the shallows. Water clarity was good, but I could not see any obvious bluegill beds. I tried leafworms under small...

Over the years, on Lake Monona, it's been easy in late May/early June to see the "bluegills on the beds". In the shallow flats like Turville Bay, where the bottom seems to be a bit sandy and a bit...

Fished Monona on May 30th. Saw quite a few beds in the shallows of Turville Bay, but not lots of bluegills yet. More dinky ones than anything else. Caught some bluegills will very big bellies, and...

Thanks, Rick. I enjoy your posts. Tried U-Bay today. Tried working close to the shoreline all the way from Willow Creek by the Nat, around to the Picnic Point trails. Nothing. Also tried out in U-Bay...